PSYC 420 Chapter 5: Week 5 reading guide Terry and Leary
7 Sep 2018
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Reading guide for self-compassion, self-regulation, and health by terry and leary. You should be familiar with the arguments the authors make regarding higher order goals versus lower order goals in relation to self-compassion. Lower order goals ex: losing weight or eating more veggies = means of achieving higher order goals such as being healthy. Self-c is prob unrelated to ppl"s broad, higher lvl goals. Ppl low in self-c may differ in the specific lower order beh goals they adopt & in reasons for adopting those goals. Ex self-c not related to the tendency to set high personal standards nor to the value that ppl place on being healthy. Promote comfort and satisfaction w realistic lower order goals bc they recognize that they can improve overtime, and don"t feel pressured to engage in extreme or dangerous health goals. Self-c ppl associated w adopting more realistic and safer health-related goals.
